Katheryn Tucker

March 23, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"Jails are public health powder kegs on a good day, and this highly contagious virus could wreak havoc on the people trapped inside if we do not begin to decarcerate immediately," Southern Center for Human Rights Executive Director Sara Totonchi said.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 22, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"We will get through these challenging times by working together," said Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Reuben Green.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 19, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"Be kind to one another in this most stressful of times," U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg said.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 18, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"Someone was fortunate to have been tested," Atlanta criminal defense attorney Drew Findling said Wednesday after hearing the news of the first positive case confirmed in the state prison system. "We don't know who's untested."

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"We cannot conceive of any civil case in which it would be proper for the jury to be told that its action would result in a party's death; such is not even permissible in the first phase of a death penalty trial," Judge Brian Rickman, a former DA, said in a footnote.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 12, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"All of us are being asked to do whatever we can to prevent the spread of this new virus," Chief Justice Harold Melton said.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 12, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Jackson County Assistant District Attorney Paul Trifiletti was a commercial litigator in Boston before moving to Georgia.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 11, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"None of our clients say we're just doing this for money," said Emma M. Hetherington, law professor and director of the University of Georgia School of Law's Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic. "They're doing this because they want public access to a court of justice."

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 10, 2020 | Daily Report Online

For the cruise ship passengers, Phoenix Air is working under a longstanding contract with the U.S. Department of State using techniques the company developed over years and made famous during the Ebola crisis.

By Katheryn Tucker

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March 09, 2020 | Daily Report Online

In Atlanta, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance C. Russell, who has served on that bench for nearly 25 years, did not qualify for reelection to her post. Five others did.

By Katheryn Tucker

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